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Jumper's Knee
- Source :
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine.
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.
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Abstract
- Objectives To examine potential intrinsic risk factors that may contribute to the onset of jumper's knee in elite level-male volleyball players. Design Prospective Cohort Study. Setting Varsity and National team volleyball gymnasiums. Participants Sixty elite adult male volleyball players from Canada. Assessment of risk factors Players completed a series of risk factor assessments at the commencement of their seasons, including vertical jump (cm), ankle dorsiflexion range (degrees), dynamic balance (normalized distance reached; cm), dynamic knee alignment (degrees), and landing mechanics (degrees). Main outcome measure Self-reported knee problems, captured via short message service. Results Knee problem prevalence was 75% [95% confidence intervals (CIs): 62.2-84.6] and the incidence rate for substantial injuries over the study period was 30 injuries/100 players/season (95% CI: 19.5-43.1). No risk factor was found to significantly predict the future occurrence of developing jumper's knee. The odds ratios were close to unity (range: 0.94-1.07) with narrow confidence intervals and P > 0.05. Conclusions A more sensitive capture of overuse knee problems did not result in the identification of distinct risk factors for the development of jumper's knee. These findings highlight a lack of available methodology to accurately assess risk factors for overuse injuries.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Cumulative Trauma Disorders
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Knee Injuries
Quadriceps Muscle
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Vertical jump
0302 clinical medicine
Patellar Ligament
Risk Factors
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Confidence Intervals
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Prospective Studies
Risk factor
Young adult
Dynamic balance
Prospective cohort study
030222 orthopedics
business.industry
Jumper
030229 sport sciences
Odds ratio
Confidence interval
Volleyball
Tendinopathy
Physical therapy
Self Report
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1050642X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7489f032abe659afda9852363a05ed2d